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2A REWARD OF MERIT.Col. Benj.H. Grierson BecomesBrigadier-General.Distinguished Career CrownedWith Honors.His Promotion Precedes His Retirement But a Few Months.Orierson's Daring Raid Through the SouthWith a Handful of Cavalry—HisLong Service.Washington, April s.—Among thenominations sent to the Senate todaywas that of Colonel Benj. H. Grierson,Tenth Cavalry, to be Brigadier-General.The war of the rebellion developed'many interesting characters and addedmany distinguished names to Americanhistory, but none more picturesque orinteresting than that of Benjamin HenryGrierson. It has been said that soldiersare born, not made, and indeed the saying appears to be true so far as GeneralGrierson is concerned, for he no doubtinherited his soldierly qualities from hisgrandfather, who was a Colonel ofcavalry in the Irish rebellion of 1798, andrendered distinguished service in theroyal cause.General Grierson was born in Pitts-Burg, Pa., and like many other selfmade men in this country, is of Scotch-Irish parentage. He is described as being "dark and slender, quick and graceful in his movements; full of vividelastic life, overflowing with enthusiasm, and seeming to have a physique ofiron endurance." His career is'invested"with a romance that will render it fascinating to the American reader for alltime to come. There is no shoulderatrap pomposity about him; he ismodest, gentle and genial in his manners, and makes hosts of warm friends"wherever he is stationed.When President Lincoln's proclamation calling for 200,000 men were issued,"Ben Grierson," as he was familiarlycalled, was teaching music at Jacksonville, iH., but without hesitation he immediately abandoned his profession andentered the volunteer service as aide-decamp to General B. M. Prentiss, andserved in that capacity, with thenominal rank of Lieutenant and Major,for eight months without pay.He was commissioned Major of theSixth Illinois cavalry October 24, 1861.His ability in the cavalry field was pronounced from the beginning: indeed ina few weeks his battalion was the bestdrilled and disciplined in the West. InMarch, 1862, the Sixth Illinois cavalry,armed only with rusty sabers, started "tojoin Grant at Pittsburg Landing. AtPaducah, Kentucky, Governor Yates, ofIllinois, likewise on the way to Grant,encountered the regiment. Major G rie rson called to pay his respects to the Governor on board the steamboat. TheGovernor led the dark-haired cavalryman back to a party of ladies in the cabinand introduced him to them as "ColonelGrierson." His Colonel had resigned,and, unknown to the Major, every officerof the regiment but one had petitionedthe Governor to appoint Grierson theirColonel.In 1862, Colonel Grierson's regiment•was ordered to Memphis, and here heshowed himself no less accomplished infield than in camp. He and his mendashed out from headquarters like a•whirlwind and pounced upon bands ofConfederate bushwhackers and guerrillas in Western Tennessee and NorthernMississippi. He showed them thatdash, daring and hard riding were notall on one side of the line. He seemednever to sleep, bnt to watch day andnight and be ready for the mount andgallop at any moment.Early in 1863 an adventurous spiritproposed to General Grant to make abold cavalry raid around and in the rearof Vicksburg, with a view of destroyingTailroads and bridges and thus preventing supplies and reinforcements frombeing easily brought into that stronghold of the Confederacy. The raid wasin this manner to aid in the reduction ofVicksburg. At first Grant refused toenter into the scheme, but on the Ist ofApril he summoned the bold projectorand bade him go in and win. The man■who proposed this daring raid throughthe heart of the enemy's country wasColonel, afterward Major-General Benjamin Henry Grierson.April 17, 1863, Grierson and his menBegan their famous ride. He took threeregiments of cavalry, his own, the SixthIllinois, Colonel Loomis commanding;the Seventh Illinois, Colonel Princecommanding, and the Second lowa,Colonel Hatch. They started from Lagrange, Term., fifty miles east of Memphis. False movements had been madein various directions beforehand to deceive the Confederates, who might be onthe watch. But the real expeditionstruck out south at a rattling pace, andwas soon over the border into Mississippi.The first day they reached Ripley, inthat State. At Ripley, on the 18th, thecommand divided, the Second lowagoing southeasterly and crossing theTallahatchie near the town of NewAlbany. A second time the commandsplit, this time a battalion of the Seventh Illinois passing to the right of themain body, and going directly to NewAlbany.Skirmishing was kept up night andday with bodies of Confederate cavalry,which were encountered in the vicinityof New Albany. The morning of April19th, Grierson again divided his mainbody. He sent out three detachmentsin as many different directions. His object was to make the enemy believe hehad come to attack them and destroytheir cavalry. Meantime the main bodyproceeded rapidly southward. The Second lowa was by" this time within supporting distance" on the left. After making feints, as ordered, the three detachments rejoined the main column. General Chalmers was in command of theConfederate forces in Mississippi, theregion through which Grierson and hiscommand passed, and was outgeneraledand beaten at every point by the gallantsoldier commanding the Union forces.From time to time small bodies ofConfederates were met and routed. Thenight of April 19th, Grierson and hismen encamped at Pontotoc, destroying400 bushels of salt which the Confederates had abandoned. April 20th, earlyin_ the morning, Grierson started hisprisoners, his least effective men andone piece of artillery northward, on theway back to Lagrange; they were incumbrances. The raid was now going tobegin in earnest. The men that hadbeen sent northward misled the Confederates into believing that the whole expedition was returning to Lagrange.As before, the main expedition hastenedsouthward. Where it was to come outno man knew, least of all the panicstricken people through whose countryit passed like a tornado. Like a tornado, too, it was in its work of destruction, Grierson laid waste propertyand carried away food, horses and men.Near Dismal Swamp one of the largesttanneries in Mississippi was destroyed.Now the command united, now againseparated, detachments flying this wayand that, and whisking hither andthither, like the evolutions of flocks ofbirds in mid-air. At Newton two trainsof cars, with Confederate army supplies,were destroyed, and near the same townfour bridges were torn up. At Raleighthe command halted, and Grierson sentout a scout to cut the telegraph wire,which at Lake station would give thealarm of his whereabouts to Jacksonand other points. The scout ran into aregiment of Confederate cavalry thathad been sent to rind Grierson. Strangelyenough the scout not only escaped capture himself, but also succeeded in deceiving the enemy as to his commander'swhereabouts. Ben Grierson's luck seemsnever to have deserted him. Hearingthe scout's report be quickly crossed theLeaf river and burned its bridges behindhim, cutting off pursuit in the rear.From Montrose, Grierson turnedslightly westward. It now became evident to the Confederates that he did notmean to return to Lagrange. Preparations were made to head him off andcapture him. At Pearl river Southernpickets were tearing up the bridge whenGrierson reached it. He dashed intothem and dispersed them, and crossed insafety. Ten minutes more and be wouldhave been too late.On the afternoon of May 2, 1868, agreat body of wild-looking men rode intoBaton Rouge, La. It seemed as if theyhad sprung from the ground ; they weredusty and haggard, and some oi' themwere asleep sitting bolt upright upontheir horses. No wonder. In sixteendays they had ridden 800 miles, fromnorth to south through an enemy'scountry. They had destroyed over$4,000,000 worth of property, cut twoimportant railroad communications andcaptured over 1,000 prisoners and 1,200horses. They were Grierson and Insmen.The results and benefits derived fro mthis great raid cannot be over estimated.Grierson demonstrated to the Generalsof the North, who, up to that time, hadbeen always "waiting for supplies," thattroops could be subsisted off the enemies' country without a base fromwhich to draw supplies, and his safearrival at Baton Rouge aroused great enthusiasm throughout the army and theloyal people of the entire country.For his gallant and distinguishedservices in this raid Colonel Griersonwas promoted Brigadier-General of Volunteers, June 3, 1803. Subsequently herendered distinguished service until theclose of the rebellion and was promotedBrevet Major-General and Major-General of Volunteers. These promotionswere well earned, and were not procured through the influence of political friends, a method which manyofficers resorted to in order to obtain increased rank.On July 28, 1806, General Griersonwas appointed Colonel of the TenthU. S. Cavalry, and has served nearlytwenty-four years without promotion.Since the close of the rebellion he hasbeen almost continuously in commandlof troops on the frontier, and no otherofficer of the army has done more toopen up the vast resources of the Southwestern States and Territories.General Grierson has been in command of the Department of Arizona forthe past eighteen months, with headquarters in this city. His promotionhas been justly earned, and should havebeen made years ago, He retires fromactive service on July Bth next, and bispromotion, even at this late date, is verygratifying to his many warm friendsthroughout the entire country.—[Ens.Herald.ORANGE LANDS.Thousands of Acres to be Had Cheapin this Section.George M. Smith, of this city, sends along and intelligent letter to the GraniteState Free Press on the subject oi orangeculture, and the chances it holds out toindustrious men to engage in it in thiscounty. We take from it the followinginteresting extract:Having spent a year among the farmersand fruit-growers of this State, and beingdeeply interested in these things, I amprepared to say that there are thousandsof acres—l will say to be more definitethat I know of at least a hundred thousand acres along the foothills and in thesheltered canons of the numerous mountain ranges—that can be obtained atprices not exceeding $100 per acre, andthere are within five, eight and tenmiles of Los Angeles more than tenthousand acres that can be bought for$200 and even less, as good orange landas can be found in the world. Any ofthis land can be prepared and plantedwith the best of budded trees for $100per acre, and enough tomatoes, beans,corn or some other crop raised betweenthe rows to give a man and his family agood living until the trees come to bearing. So that it is only through grossneglect and carelessness, or the poorestmanagement that an orange grove needcost a man more than $300 an acre whenfive years old.I have seen men make enough fromtheir land during tlie five years to payfor their land, trees and improvements,and support their families in good shape.I have a brother who owns a fine farmon the Connecticut river, in Coos county,N. H. He is one of the best farmers inthat section, works hard and makesmoney. That man could take ten ortwenty acres of this land within tenmiles of Los Angeles, at $200 an acre,and make money enough from the landin five years to pay for the land, cover itwith the finest kind of orange trees, support his family as well as he does now,and at the end of the five years hisgrove would be worth $1,000 per acre,and would be paying him a liberal rateof interest on that amount. I speakwith confidence, because I have seen somany do this very thing, who were notas good farmers, nor as industrious asthe brother referred to.I know of a beautiful tract of orangeland (I am not agent for it), located nearrailroad and a thriving town, wellwatered, and every way desirable, thatcan be bought for $75 per acre. It is myopinion that such an investment is saferthan stocks and bonds. The great advantage of the orange business is that assoon as the grove begins to bear the careof it is but slightly increased, while theincome grows larger as time rolls on.Each year the property, if well caredfor, becomes more remunerative.A New Departure.The New Mexico Coal Company has madearrangements to handle Ocean Coal. Ix;aveorders at our office, hotel Nadeau, or yard,corner East First street and Santa Fe avenue.Telephone 855.THE REV. GEO. H. THAYER, oi Bourbon,Ind., says: "Both myßelf and wife owe our livesto SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE." Forsaleby tt F. Heinzeman, 122 North Main street.THE LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL G, 1890.BASEBALL.A Very Good Game at tlieGrounds Yesterday.The Los Angeles Nine Defeatsthe Fresnos.The Score Stood Nine to Four at tlieEnd of the Contest.A Description of the Gam?, by Innings-Amateur Contests in Various Partsof the City.Yesterday afternoon the new I.os Angeles hall team made its introductorybow to a small but appreciative audienceat the Athletic park, and covered itselfwith glory by winning its first gameagainst the Fresnos by a score of 9 to 4.Pier and Ward comprised the battery forthe home team, and the former pitcheda good game, only four hits being madeoff his delivery, and nine usen beingstruck out. Brittan, Goldie, Meneffee,Ward, Brown and Lie land did good execution with the sticks, and knockedWithington about a good deal. The localboys played excellently in the field, andof their live errors none were very cost ly.The visitors, on the other hand, piled upnine errors, some of which were veryunfortunate.Game was called punctually >at 2:30o'clock, with the home team at the bat, iWithington and Cullen being the Fresnobattery. Goldieopened up with a prettybase hit to left field, and stole to second,reaching third on Brittan's safe hit.Meneffee followed with a hot grounderto shortstop, but the Fresno men gotrattled, and by a series of errors in thevicinity oi second base Goldie andBrittan scored and Meneffee reachedthird in safety, and scored on Ward'sbase hit. Lucas was struck out andWard was put out while attempting tosteal second base. Brown made a safehit and stole to second, but Pier flew toSaunders. The Fresnos retired in shortorder, Dyer being struck out, Saundersmaking a base hit, but being put out atsecond, and Thompson dying on first onPier's stop.Neither team scored in the next threeinnings, but in the fifth the local boysadded two more tallies to their score.Brittan made a pretty base hit, andstealing second, came home on Meneffee's hit to center field. Meneffee slidto second, and stealing third, scored asLucas flew to Saunders. Ward andBrown died on first, with the assistanceof Packard. The visitors made theirfirst tally this innings. Dyer laid out asafe hit, and stole second and thirdbases, while Withington was being struckout. Then Young sent an easy fly toWard, but three men ran for it, and theresult was that no one got it, and Dyertook advantage of the error and scored.Wagoner hit the ball down on the plate,but reached first on Ross's error. Yonngwas caught napping at second base, andPackard flew to Ross. Score, sto 1.The Angelefios were shut out in thesixth, while their opponents rallied andmade three tallies. Dyer went out on afly to Brittan, and Saunders was struckout; but Thompson was sent to first, asthe ball hit him between the shoulders.Cullen hit Pier for a two-bagger and letThompson in, and after stealing to thirdbase, scored on Dyer's hit to Lucas, whoplayed shortstop in place of Goldie, asthe latter's right hand was disabled;and Ross's error allowed Dyer to reachfirst. Dyer stole both second and thirdbases, and scored on Wellington's twobagger to right garden, but the latterover-estimated his hit and was put outat third. Score, 5 to 4. The Fresnosnever tallied again, but the home teammade one run in the seventh and threein the eighth innings, and won thegame by 9 to 4.The following is a summary of thescore:I.OS ANOEI.ES.AB. It. BH. tO. A. E.Qoldie, If <fc SB 5 2 2 2 2 OBrittan, 3b 5 4 3 4 2 1Meneffee, rf 5 3 2 O 0 OWtird.c 5 O 2 10 4 0Lucas, if &ss 5 0 0 O 1 1Brown, cf r> O 1 0 0 0Pier, p 5 O 0 0 :t 1I.eland, 2b 5 0 1 2 2 1Ross, lb 3 0 (» 9 1 1Totals 43 9 11 27 15 SFRESNO.AB. B. BH. TO. A. K.Dyer, If ,4 0120 oSaunders, ci & bs. ... ..4 0 o 2 3 1Thompson, 21) 2 1 O 1 3 5Cullen, c 4 1 17 3 0Dyer, 3b 4 2 1 2 2 1Withington, p 4 O 1 1 2 0Young, lb 4 O o !» 0 0Wagner, rf 3 00100Packard, eft ss. 3 00202Totals 32 4 4 27 13 9scoKE BY UWINOS.123456789i.os Angeles 3 0 0 0 2 O 1 3 o—9Fresno O 0 O 0 1 3 O o o—4Two-base hits—Dyer and Cullen.Base on bulls—Los Angeles, 3; Fresno, 1.Double plays—Leland, Uoldie and Ross; Le-Innd, Ross and Ward.Strike-outs—Pier, 9; Withington, 0.Umpire—ltamsey.Scorer—Russell.Time of game—2 hours 25 minutes.The teams will play again this afternoon, and a red-hot game may be confidently expected. Darby will pitch forthe home team.Other Games.Yesterday morning the Star and Alhambra amateur ball teams crossed hatsat the Athletic park, in the presence ofan enthusiastic crowd, composed for themost part of small boys, and for thefirst time this season the Stars were defeated, the visitors carrying off thehonors with a score of Bto 2. The features of the game were the battery workof Thurber and Thomson, and the batting of the Winston brothers, Wallace,Halstead and Chapman for the victors.Both teams did excellent work in thefield, and very few errors were made byeither side. The teams and the scoreare as follows:Alhanibras. Stars,P. Winston First base McCreaB. Wallace Second base CushinanHalstort Third base HuttonThurber . .Pitcher PaulyThomson Catcher A. BuraillerChapman Shortstop J. Bunjillers. Wallace Bight fiefd PembertonB. Winston Center Held...: Role*L. Winston Left field BemlcySCORE BY INNINOS.12345 0 759Alhumhras 0 0 1 0 0 0 (i 1 *—8Stars O 2 0000000—2The Bonnie Braes and Temple-streetball players crossed bats yesterday afternoon, and after an exciting game theformer won by one run, the score being12 toll.Isaac Watts was a Little Man.He said jocosely to six of his tall quizzingfriends, who asked how he felt among so manymen, "that he was a sixpence among six pennies, worth them all." SOZODONT is just so;there may be many preparations for the teeth,but it is worth them all.RESOLUTIONSAdopted by the Odd Fellows AboutChas. E. Gault.The following resolutions were adoptedby the I. O. O. F. in relation to thedeath of ( has. E. Gault:We, the members of Golden RuleLodge No. HO. I. O. 0. F., Los Angeles,California, being called Upon to mournthe lossof our late distinguished brother,Deputy Grand Master Charles KlliottGault, deceased March 20, 1890, andwhose life exemplified these principlesso beautifully, while bowing with submission to the will of the Supreme Master, would most reverently and humblyexpress our deep regret over his death.Resulted, That by his death our orderhas sustained an irreparable loss in California, and Odd Fellowship throughoutthe world a true and worthy brother,w hose regard for friendship, love andtruth and his untiring devotion to theprinciples of our order were so distinguished as to elevate him to the second position of the Grand Lodge of California at the early age of 31.That, throughout his business career,from the time he entered the employ ofthe Western Union Telegraph Companyas messenger boy in 1874, and later iiithe various important positions whichhe held with Weils, Fargo & Co., up tothe time a leave of absence was grantedhim, August 1, 1889 (at which time heheld the important position of residentagent at Los Angeles), we found his example worthy of imitation by all youngmen actuated by a laudable ambition toattain positions of trust and distinction,and as such ardently commend that weall emulate his virtues and cherish hismemory with love and gratitude.That, in the life of Charles ElliottGault, we found that individuality soessential to success and so admired bythe true lovers of manhood. Truth heloved for truth's sake ; and while, almostup to the time of his death, he did notopenly acknowledge his belief inChristianity, his life throughout was theembodiment of Christian principles,and we rejoice in his open avowal of bisbelief in the same before his death.That we extend our heartfelt sympathies to his mother, brother andBister in the loss which they sustain bythe death of son and brother, and commend them to bear with fortitude thisgrief, remembering that "He doeth allthings well."That a page of our record be set asidefor the engrossment of these resolutions,and a copy of them be sent to the familyof the deceased.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.FRESH VEGETABLES SENT TO CALIFORNIA ON WHEELS.A Few Important Additions to the Permanent Exhibit of the Chamber—Someof the Visitors There Yesterday.A quantity of fresh vegetables wasdispatched yesterday from the Chamberof Commerce to the California on Wheels.It- included green peas, cabbages, sweetpotatoes and asparagus. Strawberriesand corn were also sent. A Boston paperstates that asparagus imported from theSouth is now selling at if 1.25 and $1.50 abunch in that city, and strawberries at75 cents a box. The display of theseproducts in quantities in the Californiaon Wheels will probably suggestto Eastern farmers the possibilitywhich this section possesses of developing a trade in fresh vegetables throughthe winter and the early spring months..1. D. Mercer yesterday placed an incubator in the permanent exhibit to bedisplayed to visitors. The people ofTropieo sent in an exhibit of vegetables,and from Vernon came some fine specimens of cauliflower. John Branch, ofArtesia, sent oranges, lemons andpomalo. J. Jackson, of San Gabriel,contributed Malta Bloods, and Mrs.Harshman, of Conipton, sent in somepears.Mrs. S. D. Spear, of East Los Angeles, yesterday applied for space for apermanent display of roses. The flowersyesterday were furnished by Mrs.Hobbs, Mrs. E. Hillman and AlbertKleckner. S. B. Root applied for spacein which to put an exhibit of the products of Rivera.Among the visitors to the permanentexhibit yesterday were the following:S. J. Mower and wife, Chicago; H.Judson Conneaut, Ohio; Mrs. M. Maxwell, Monrovia; C. N. Hopkins, Denver, Colorado; ILL. Hopkins, Denver;Mrs. If. Hamilton, Sioux City, Iowa; S.B. Reese, Ventura; W. D. McGilvray,Pasadena; Mrs. Richard Thomas,Columbus. Indiana ; Mrs. Probert, SanFrancisco; W. P. Judd, Chicago; Mrs.C. E. Davis, Minnesota; A. M. Byram,Lamanda Park; Mr. and Mrs. J. D.Beers, Warren, Perm.; John T. Dee,Glenwood, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. A. L.Robinson, Pomona; S. McKinley, Jr.,Vernondale; J. De Kalb, Memphis,Term.; W. S. Love, Columbus, Ohio;Mrs. Grace M. Potter, Poultney, Vt.;Mrs. J. M. Labounty, Lowell, Mass.;George W. Bell, Whitewater, Mich.;Mrs. C. A. Cannon, Whitewater, Mich.;T. L. Tally, Texas; J. 11. Bellan, Compton; R. J. Mockenhaupt, La Dow;George W. Ford, Boston; N. E. Tucker,Palmyra, N. V.; A. G. Willard, St,Louis, Mo.; Timothy Baker, Jr., Chicago; Mrs. J. J. Frazer, Rochester, N. V.; C. F. Karns,Arizona; Walter Thomas, Clearwater ; Lawrence Brandt, San Francisco;Mrs. J. W. Miller, Santa Barbara;V. H. Adams, Osage, Mass.; M. MyrtleDavis, Minnesota; Bernard W. Stewart,Downey; E. R. Pirtle, Duarte; A. F.Morton, Vernon ; B. Bellinger, London,England; S. D. Long, Mount Forest,Canada; J. CrossleyNeilson,Edinburgh,Scotland ; Alfred Partridge, New York ;E. J. Partridge, New York; GeorgeGraves, Logansport, Ind.; John Owens,Charleston, Ind.; F. M. Runyon,Charleston, Ind.; J. P. Applegate, NewAlbany, Ind.; Mrs. Jennie E. Johnson,Louisville, Ky.; C. T. Robertson,Bloomington, Ind.; M. C. Robertson,Springfield, Minn.; Col. E. AY. Green,Bristol, R. I.; John Schaugenbecher,Brooklyn ; William Seeger, Brooklyn ;S. B. Root, Rivera; Mrs. Florence A.Henry and family, Waterloo, la.; Dr.W. C. Barman, Alhambra; Mr. andMrs. A. W. Beratler, Fruitlands; HarryRobson, Gardena; John Jay Anderson,Montgomery county, Ky.; I). C. Bigford, St. Paul.Marriage Licenses.The following marriage licenses wereissued yesterday:Giovanni Rovera, a native of Italy, ofthe city, aged 28, to Lodovica Violto, anative of Italy, of the city, aged 20.Juoquin Pesquerra, Ja native of California, of Crescenta, aged 24, to MortinaA. Cufia, a native of Mexico, of Crescenta, aged 18.John Sullivan, a native of Ireland, ofthe city, aged 35, to Mary Archer, a native of Ireland, of the city, aged 23."LA TOUR EIFFEL."Description of the MarvelousStructure.Its Summit Kisses the SapphireSky.The Electric Light Has Boon SeenFifty-three Miles Away.Major Ben C. Truman's Impressions of theWork Set Forth in an Interesting Letter.Kditokk Herald—"La Tour Eiffel" isat once the most marvelous and themost majestic, spectacular and enchanting mechanical achievement of any time.Looking up at it from the Trocadero, orfrom the central dome, or from thefountain underneath, or down upon itfrom its summit, or from any of itsfloors, there is a delight and an impressiveness that is produced by noother structure of ancient or moderntimes. Mr. Dana, of the New York Sun,taking in the panorama from the top ofthe tower, wrote to his paper: "Thescene is overwhelming. The Champ-dc-Mars, the colossal structures that invadeit, the vast areas enclosed, theSeine imprisoned and its bridgesconfiscated, the Trocadero attached,the Invalides assimilated, the bewildering outburst of color, the inconceivable gayety and animation of thescene, all produce an impression on themind such as no humanly-contrivedspectacle ever before effected. I lookdown from the summit of EiffelTower, the greatest piece of engineeringknown. All the occasions of spectaculardelight that have ever been known,whether they sprang from an industryof a people or from the pride of a conqueror, pale into utter insignificance before the display now made in Paris. Tosee it, and to absorb its variety, day byday, is a liberal education, and a mostpotent and irresistible incentive to progress and endeavor."A Bird's Kye View of the Tower.Its summit kisses the sapphire sky,and the severest tempest on record at theParis Observatory could not produce avibratory motion of more than six orseven inches. It is nearly 1,000 feetfrom its base to the top of "its flagstaff,and it looms up 430 feet higher than the"Washington monument, or 4(52 feethigher than the Cathedral at Cologne,which is the third highest thing in theworld made by human hands. It canbe seen from any part of Paris and itsenvirons, and its electric flashes can beviewed as far oil' as Fontainbleau, andhave even been witnessed from theChartres cathedral, 53 milt's away.You behold its noble form by day andyou dream of it at night. It at oncefascinates and impresses, and truly is"monarch for all it surveys." It is vast,spectacular, brilliant, grand and wonderful ; and no one who has seen it can everforget its stupendous and magnificentproportions. It stands upon four"iegs"or inclined pillars, each leg or pillarhaving an Otis elevator, which (tarriesabout 700 persons up to the first and second floors hourly, or 2,800 in all. Ittakes just 66 seconds to reach the firstfloor, which is IGS feet from the ground.Upon this floor are a great many bazarsand four restaurants, each of which is105 feet in length, and four corner pavilions, each about fifty feet square. Asplendid gallery ten feet wide runs clearround the first floor, and as many as0,000 people have been upon this ga'llervand in the restaurants at one time. AllParis may be seen from this gallery;and, in my opinion, it is the best viewof all—certainly a much better and moresatisfactory one than that obtainedfrom the upper floor. The same elevatortakes you in sixty-eight seconds to thesecond platform, 173 feet higher, wherethere are a great many stores and aprinting-office, but no 'restaurants orsaloons. This floor has an area of about16,000 square feet,and it also has a gallerynearly, if not quite, as broad as the oneupon the first floor, To get to the (public) top there are 524 feet more to accomplish, which takes about four minutes(which includes one minute for transfer),and which is made by two counterweightlifts of 202 feet each, and which take upsome 800 people an hour. The secondtime I ascended the tower there were8,000 people in it; and, while it wasraining hard a hundred feet below theupper story, it was the gayestof sunshine above. The upper story, orfloor, contains a number of bazars, <fee,and has an area of 5,500 square feet. Afew yards higher is the sanctum of Mr.Eiffel, and above him, a few feet, is theabiding place of the managers of theelectric lights, which are flashed all overParis from 8:30 in the evening until 10.Beside the elevator and lifts there arestaircases from bottom to top, but Ihave never met a person who has evermade the trip either way afoot the second time. The stairways to the domicile of Mr. Eiffel and to the roomsstill further above are private, and fewhave been invited to go up to the verytip-top.An Arizona Cowboy "On Top."It is a noteworthy fact, however, thatan American cowboy—"Arizona Joe"—was tlie first human being to reach thetop of the Tower Eiffel after its completion and public opening, as theupper elevator (an Edoux lift) was inaugurated on the 10th of June, 1889;and the first party to go up was thePrince and Princess of Wales, Duke andDuchess Uzes, Marquis and Marquise dePerigord, Colonel Federick Clarke, Captain Carter Centurrier, Colonel William F. Cody. Major John M. Burke,Annie Oakley and ''Arizona Joe," thefour last named being members of the"Buffalo Bill" show. Joe stepped outof the lift first, then ascended the private stairway, and pinned a lithographof Cody upon the lightning-rod ofthe highest tower in the world. M.Eiffel had planted the Frenchflag upon the uppermost part of thiscolossal piece of mechanism on the 31stof March preceding, however, but thetower was in an unfinished condition."Strnck by Lightning.During a gorgeous electric storm onenight in August, at a quarter to ten, thetower was struck, and the shock wasfelt by some two or three thousandpersons within it, but the gigantic shaftnever waved an inch or dropped a bolt.M. Foussat, chief of the electric service,who was on the platform of the projectorat the summit at the time, noticed thefalling of several drops of metal, which,he stated, came from the copper point ofone of the lightning conductors;and the guardian, posted on theplatform immediately below therobe leading to the flag, wasenveloped for several minutes in anopaque white cloud, which he comparedto a mass of snow, and which reflectedthe light of the projector sufficiently toenable him to read. Mr. Eiffel, the following morning, caused the fact to bepublished that the striking of the towerwas on account of M. Marcart, the director of the Central Meteorological Office,having a few moments previously, removed the platinum point from thelightning conductor, and that it had notbeen replaced.Some Interesting Details.With due credit to M. Eiffel for his concept ion and execution of this matchlesspiece of work, thetirst proposal evermadefor the const ruction of a tower of iron1060 feel in height, was by a Mr. Trevithick, an Englishman, in 1833, andthe real inventor of the locomotive engine, in whose honor a window haslately been placed in WestminsterAbbey ; in 1881 M. Bebillot made a proposition to build an electric shaft 1,000feet high in the heart of Paris, from thesummit of which he proposed to lightthe gay capital; and in 1874 a numberof American engineers proposed towersof iron for the Centennial grounds atFairmount, but tlie estimated cost completely paralyzed the executive committee. Tlie French Government, itself,wassomewhat staggered when its projectordeclared that the proposed towerwould cost seven millions offrancs, or more than 11,250,000. Amajority of the artists and contractors,and the people, generally, of Paris,scouted the idea of a shaft of wroughtiron 1,000 feet in height; and, not untilthe flag of their nation was seen flyingfrom its top, did the last scoffer "go offand take a rest." But the tower wasbuilt, and it is, today, undoubtedly, themost beautiful and commanding structure in the world. Its entire cost was0,000,000 francs; 3,512,000 persons ascended'to one or more of the platforms,and paid 6,000,000 francs therefor; whilethe sales oi the privileges amounted to550,000 francs more. It will earn moneyfor M. Eiffel & Co. for twenty years, andthen become the property, like the Trocadero —the crowning beauty of the exposition of 1878—of the municipality. Itwas the grandest and, altogether," themost attractive object of the exposition ;it drew many millions of francs into thegrounds, and contributed largely towardgovernmental tranquility and the defeatof Boulanger; for it, and the rest of theexposition, brought to Paris in ninemonths an average of 200,000 strangers aday, who left behind them in dollars andducats and shekels and marks, and othercoins of respective realms, nearly 1,500,--000,000 francs, and that alone made theheart of the Parisian tradesman exceeding glad. In all, 25,000,000 peoplevisited the grounds and went into orlooked up at La Tour Eiffel; of thesenearly 6,000,000 were Frenchmen outsideof Paris, and about 2,000,000 or a littleless were foreigners. From countriesoutside of France, as correctly as can beascertained, Great Britain led off withover half a million people; the UnitedStates sent over 100,000; Canada contributed 18,000, Germany 28,000, Belgium120,000, Switzerland and Holland eachabout 12,000, Italy 9,000, and so downto 2,000 from Australia, while Japan,China, Fviissia, Servia, Roumania,Egypt, Turkey, Persia and all thecountries in the world, helped to swellthe great catalogue of sightseers. Onthe opening day 112,000 persons enteredthe gates ; there was no day that therewere not 00,000 visitors, and the averagewas nearly 180,000. On the day theShah of Persia visited the exhibition—and I shall never forget that multitude,nor the illumination of the grour.kaVamithe fountains and the tower —306,000persons paid their way in; and uponthe closing day 400,000 entered aspatrons —200,000 of whom lingered untilnearly midnight to listen to the last gunfrom La Tour Eiffel,whose stentorophoniereverberations told the multitude thatthe great Exposition Universelle of 1889had ceased to exist.Ben C. Truman.OHCURES PROMPTLYSTIFFNESS, STIFF NECK.Violent Pains in Neck.Friendship, Wis., June 14,1888.My wife had violent pains in her neck,which was very sore and stiff. She was cured,antirely by St. Jacobs Oil. JAMES BTOWE.In Terrible Pain.Ames M'fg. Co., Chicopee, Mass., June 18, 1888From overexertion every bone was madestiff and sore; in terrible pain. I was curedpromptly by St. Jacobs Oil.J. C. BUCKLEY, Paymaster.At Druggists and Dealers.THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. 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